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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006. Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic and ordinary, here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises and twists. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006,
The Night Watch is thrilling.
The Lovereading Reader's choice for the Orange Prize 2006.
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The Night Watch Synopsis
I thought everything would change, after the war. And now, no one even mentions it. It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don’t mention that, like it never happened. It’s the late 1940s. Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war. In scenes set in a quiet dating agency, a bombed-out church and a prison cell, the stories of these five lives begin to intertwine and we uncover the desire and regret that has bound them together. Sarah Waters’s story of illicit love and everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the secrets that are hidden there. Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor has created a thrilling and theatrically inventive adaptation of a great modern novel. The stage adaptation of The Night Watch was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 2016.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781350014060 |
| Publication date: |
19th May 2016 |
| Author: |
Sarah Waters |
| Publisher: |
Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
112 pages |
| Series: |
Modern Plays |
| Primary Genre |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Sarah Waters Press Reviews
'The highest point of a career that has so far been nothing but highs' Anthony Quinn, MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A riveting read, with each of its 437 pages more captivating than the last... a beautifully crafted novel... will delight Waters' many existing fans...' Lianne Kolirin, DAILY EXPRESS
'A truthful, lovely book that needs no conjuring tricks to make you want to read it again' Philip Hensher, OBSERVER
'Brilliantly done... the period detail never overwhelms the simple, passionate human story. It's a tour-de-force of hints, clues and dropped threads' Suzi Feay, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Sarah Waters's latest offering lingers on, long after the final page and its first, most fateful meeting' Melanie McGrath, EVENING STANDARD
About Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966 and lives in London. She has a Ph.D in English Literature and has lectured for the Open University. She won the Betty Trask Award for Tipping The Velvet and the Somerset Maugham Award and Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year for Affinity. Fingersmith was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize 2002 and for the Man Booker Prize 2002, and won the CWA Historical Dagger prize before earning her three 2003 Author of the Year awards - from the Booksellers Association, Waterstone's and The British Book Awards. Sarah Waters is also the winner of The South Bank Show Award.
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